[kwachowski]

Does anyone have a Microsoft office 2007 program? My grandson needs one for school and I was wondering if I could get a copy?

Originally Posted by kwachowski

Does anyone have a Microsoft office 2007 program? My grandson needs one for school and I was wondering if I could get a copy?

It's a little more complicated than just making a copy. He'll need his own copy that can be authenticated by MicroSoft so that he'll be able to get the many updates that will surely be coming his way. Office Depot, Staples, Best Buy have promotions attached to the $119 price tag. Sam's Club is a few dollars cheaper.

Oops, sorry - I misread your request and thought you were talking about Windows 7. I'm sure you could buy Office 2007 cheaper than I stated.

Open Office will do the same things and it's FREE. www.OpenOffice.org

[Russ_Boston]

Another vote for open office.

[tony]

It is not legal to copy software. We cannot facilitate it here. The feds will
surely be around. Please don't attempt it.

And, Russ, on OpenOffice: One thing I cannot do that I need is to search for
a carriage return and to replace it with something else. I keep getting pointed
to something called Iannz, or some such, but it is giving me fits.

Another shortcoming is in the graphing in the spread sheet program. They
don't form well for me, but I cannot remember at the moment what the
problem is.

Otherwise, I use OpenOffice.org exclusively. Many governments in Europe
are using it and more are going to it. For the Macintosh, a front end called
NeoOffice is excellent. It is what I use.

Any ideas on the carriage return?

[Russ_Boston]

Tony - It appears to be a well known, but as of yet, unsolved in the basic bundle.

I did find some extensions that say that they will work and I'll see if they do. (but other forum users had issues with the extensions).

I'll also check with my open source guys at work.

[Hawkwind]

Originally Posted by kwachowski

Does anyone have a Microsoft office 2007 program? My grandson needs one for school and I was wondering if I could get a copy?

You can purchase a student version of Office 2007 for $59.95 at this site.
http://www.microsoft.com/student/dis...s/default.aspx

You may also want to try a local university bookstore as a place to buy it.

[SteveFromNY]

When you buy Office 2007 and if you have more than one computer in the family, you can install and use it on up to 3 machines. So the $129 it costs can be defrayed somewhat by using it on multiple machines.
Gone are the days of making free copies (not that I ever did that ).

[Mikitv]

I know that the college students in our town are able to get microsoft at a special student discount. Maybe check with them on their web site about getting a student discount.

[kwachowski]

Thanks for the information. I was able to purchase one at a discounted rate.

[cescokid2117]

You can get a "Student version" which has a trial period and can be converted to a full purchased one at the end of the trial (or before)
Be aware that 2007 creates it's files in a different file "extension" and to be read by previous versions you need to do a "SaveAS" and save it as a 97 to 2003 version.

Copywrite software is not legal to "distribute" to others but you can make a backup copy for your own safety.

[uujudy]

Originally Posted by anyexit

. . .
Open Office will do the same things and it's FREE. www.OpenOffice.org

This looks great!
Do you know if there's anything similar to Microsoft Publisher that's free? I'm looking for software that makes text frames, so you could make a newsletter page with one article containing 3 columns, another article with 2 columns, and 2 or 3 stand alone text boxes. Does anyone know if there's a free application that could do that?
Thanks for any info,
Judy

[Xavier]

Originally Posted by uujudy

This looks great!
Do you know if there's anything similar to Microsoft Publisher that's free? I'm looking for software that makes text frames, so you could make a newsletter page with one article containing 3 columns, another article with 2 columns, and 2 or 3 stand alone text boxes. Does anyone know if there's a free application that could do that?
Thanks for any info,
Judy

I believe that OpenOffice Writer portion of the Office Suite can do all of that. I just looked at it and columns is very easy. Text boxes with wrap around or stand alone shouldn't be a problem either. Since I don't use those functions often I'd have to work my way around the program to learn all it can do. If you are looking for a specific program type, another great resource is http://download.cnet.com/windows/ . Use the search function and it'll find you several free or low priced programs with ratings and sometimes reviews. It is a site that can be trusted and they have an excellent selection.

[tony]

Judy,

Look for Scribus (like Scribe-us). It is a free download and quite a powerful
page or publication layout program. Similar to Adobe InDesign or Quark
Express.

I have used both InDesign and Quark, and Scribus still has a steep learning
curve. Maybe if one never used a page layout program it will be easier,
rather than having to unlearn. Or it could just be me.

Scribus net

Download for Windows XP

Download for Mac